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Online Management of Menstrual Irregularities in Canada

Dr. Zaar

If necessary, physicians order lab tests through local partners. Some clinics even offer home-testing kits for convenience. Top Virtual Clinics for Women’s Health in Canada Several reputable services specialize in women’s health: Maple : Offers same-day virtual appointments across provinces.

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Deprescribing Super Special Part II: Podcast with Elizabeth Bayliss, Ariel Green, and Kevin McConeghy

GeriPal

A year ago we did our first “Deprescribing Super Special”. Alex: And we have Kevin McConeghy, who is a clinical pharmacy specialist at the VA Medical Center in Providence, and a PhD candidate at the Brown School of Public Health. Eric: So we’re calling this a deprescribing super special. Alex: So this is Super special 2.

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Podcast: AI, innovation, and value-based care in medicine

Permanente Medicine

” “Whether you’re the call center agent, the receptionist, [or] the lab tech, you participate and you provide the input into innovation,” said Dr. Nguyen. The Southern California Permanente Medical Group is one of the largest medical groups in the nation with more than 8,800 physicians providing care for over 4.8

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Time for Geriatric Assessments in Cancer Care: William Dale, Mazie Tsang, and John Simmons

GeriPal

So I make the point, they often say, “Oh, you have this special population,” like pediatrics, where it’s 10% or something. But I mean, I would also add that not all of the responses to the PGA, and to the provider part that is completed, are coming from the patient. Do you worry about that? Mazie: Oh, for sure.

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Exploring the Nature of Chronic Pain with Haider Warraich

GeriPal

Haider: Yeah, this is a special song. And in some ways I have this special responsibility in part, along with others, to pass those teachings along to a new generation who may never get to talk to him in the middle of a day on a landline. Very, very few centers are providing those services. But my editor cut it, to my dismay.

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Podcast Episode: Febrile Seizures

PEMBlog

So that’s one special population with a complex febrile seizure, even two in a 24 hour period that deserves special workup. And use lab tests, and especially CT scans of the brain judiciously. You’re providing education and reassurance to a worried family. You can do this.

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